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cybermuleI made a whole bunch of phonecalls that I've been putting off for weeks. Hurray for non-avoidance!
*bounce*
Big Fish was great - in short, I loved it's blending of mythology and reality, the message that reality is what you make it (a big favourite with me... just forunsane1, a nice bit of synchronicity ;P Especially as both of the courses I'm doing have started with a section on storytelling.) It was really quite inspirational, and the performances were good. Even Ewan McGregor, who I personally think is a bit overrated.
Most of all, I liked the way that Edward Bloom was portrayed with all his flaws - as well as being a wonderful mythologist who built his life the way he wanted it, he was also stubborn, restless and often flakey. Like me :) One of my favourite parts were the scenes at Spectre on his first arrival, especially the banjo player (*nods to Deliverance*) and the rocking chair scene. I didn't totally get why he was too early on his first visit, and too late on his second, but I loved the way that it was just a bit *too* saccharine for any intelligent person to want to stay there. And Steve Buscemi was great!
I liked the way that Spectre and Jenni looped back into the plot later on, but also looped back into the plot at the beginning. There's a great quote from Jenni about something similar, but I forgot the exact phrase. Better go and see it again *ahem* :D The metaphor of the big fish worked on many levels, as did a lot of the story telling, and you really had to think about some of it. There were also a few Lynch-esque touches, I felt, but maybe that was just me. I loved the giant and the circus - I loved it all in fact, but the end was so sad :( Unfortunately it just hit me personally, and whereas I know it was good, it was just quite painful too. But that's not a bad thing. To be honest, I wasn't so much interested in the father-son dynamics as I was in the earlier bits with the tall tales anyway.
All in all, rather spiffy, and I think I'll be getting the DVD :)
*bounce*
Big Fish was great - in short, I loved it's blending of mythology and reality, the message that reality is what you make it (a big favourite with me... just for
unsane1, a nice bit of synchronicity ;P Especially as both of the courses I'm doing have started with a section on storytelling.) It was really quite inspirational, and the performances were good. Even Ewan McGregor, who I personally think is a bit overrated.Most of all, I liked the way that Edward Bloom was portrayed with all his flaws - as well as being a wonderful mythologist who built his life the way he wanted it, he was also stubborn, restless and often flakey. Like me :) One of my favourite parts were the scenes at Spectre on his first arrival, especially the banjo player (*nods to Deliverance*) and the rocking chair scene. I didn't totally get why he was too early on his first visit, and too late on his second, but I loved the way that it was just a bit *too* saccharine for any intelligent person to want to stay there. And Steve Buscemi was great!
I liked the way that Spectre and Jenni looped back into the plot later on, but also looped back into the plot at the beginning. There's a great quote from Jenni about something similar, but I forgot the exact phrase. Better go and see it again *ahem* :D The metaphor of the big fish worked on many levels, as did a lot of the story telling, and you really had to think about some of it. There were also a few Lynch-esque touches, I felt, but maybe that was just me. I loved the giant and the circus - I loved it all in fact, but the end was so sad :( Unfortunately it just hit me personally, and whereas I know it was good, it was just quite painful too. But that's not a bad thing. To be honest, I wasn't so much interested in the father-son dynamics as I was in the earlier bits with the tall tales anyway.
All in all, rather spiffy, and I think I'll be getting the DVD :)
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:14 pm (UTC)Yeah I need to see it again as well, considering I slept through a good 20 minutes of the second half. Even if I'd seen it all though I'd need to see it again, to pick up on all the details I didn't notice, and to understand the whole story.
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Date: 2004-02-06 06:23 am (UTC)